Julius Arigi

Julius Arigi (3 October 1895-1 August 1981) was an aerial ace of Austria-Hungary during World War I, with 32 victories.

Biography
Julius Arigi was born on 3 October 1895 in Decin, Bohemia, in Austro-Hungary. On 5 October 1913 he joined the Austrian Army two days after his 18th birthday, and he transferred from the artillery to the air force in March 1914. On 22 August 1916, he scored his first World War I victory in the air force while flying a Hansa-Brandenburg CI against a Farman over the Skumbi Estuary in Macedonia. He gained most of his aerial victories over the Kingdom of Serbia and wound up with 32 victories, becoming the highest-decorated Austro-Hungarian aerial ace of the war. He supported Nazi Germany during World War II and was a Luftwaffe flight instructor, and died in Attersee, Austria in 1981.